Waterford 2-12

Sligo 0-16

Darragh Corcoran scored two late points to give Waterford their first win in Division 4 of the Allianz Football League at Sligo's expense in Markievicz Park.

The St Saviour's full forward twice split the posts from play in injury-time as Benji Whelan's men put a big dent in the home side's promotion bid. With Liam Gaughan and Barry Gorman in fine scoring form, Sligo led by 0-9 to 0-6 at half-time and extended their advantage after the restart before Sean O'Donovan's 49th minute goal reduced the deficit to the minimum, 1-7 to 0-11.

The Yeats County had John F Carr sent off on a second yellow card before Dylan Guiry grabbed the visitors' second goal to propel them into a 2-9 to 0-14 lead with seven minutes remaining.

Gaughan levelled with his fourth free, but Corcoran had the final say.

Waterford - P Hunt; B Looby, D O’Cathasaigh, M Kiely; R Flynn (0-1), S O’Donovan (1-0), D Ryan; D Fitzgerald, J Curry (0-4f); C Murray (0-1), D Guiry (1-0), J Gleeson (0-2f); B Lynch, D Corcoran (0-3), S Curry (0-1). Subs: N McSweeney for J Gleeson, J Beresford for D Fitzgerald, A O’Sullivan for B Lynch.

Sligo - A Devaney; JF Carr, E McGuinness, M Gordon; G O’Kelly Lynch, P McNamara, S Carrabine (0-1); P O’Connor (0-1f), P Kilcoyne; N Ewing, L Gaughan (0-6, 4f), Keelan Cawley; R Og Murphy (0-1m), B Gorman (0-3, 2m), C Lally (0-1). Subs: D Cummins (0-1) for N Ewing, P Hughes (0-1) for C Lally, C Breheny (0-1) for Keelan Cawley, E McHugh for M Gordon, D Quinn for P Kilcoyne.

Referee - K Faloon.

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